October 2005
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Google knocked back in employment case
Google has received a setback in its employment dispute with Microsoft over its hiring of former Microsoft research and development executive Kai-Fu Lee. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Phishing attacks are down
The number of web phishing sites has hit a record high, but the number of actual phishing attacks is down. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Borland expands software development offering with acquisition
Borland Software has acquired Legadero to improve its software development offering to customers. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Palm and RIM join forces to support Treo wireless e-mail
Palm and RIM have signed a deal to allow users of the Palm Treo 650 personal digital assistant to access their e-mail and calendar over wireless networks using RIM’s Blackberry software. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
Flawed patch hits Windows users
A critical Microsoft patch released last week is causing operational problems for some users, Microsoft has admitted. Continue Reading
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October 17, 2005
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Oct'05
One-time password technology to beef up chip and Pin card security
Banks are to roll out a new type of chip and Pin card that will offer consumers secure access to online accounts and improve the security of paying for goods online. Continue Reading
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October 14, 2005
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Oct'05
Hewlett-Packard user details could go under the hammer
The personal and commercial details of around 100,000 Hewlett-Packard users could be sold to the highest bidder later this month. Continue Reading
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October 14, 2005
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Oct'05
Bug stalls OpenOffice anniversary launch
The discovery of a bug at the eleventh hour has delayed the launch of the open source OpenOffice.org collaboration suite for another week. Continue Reading
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October 14, 2005
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Oct'05
Spamming gang fined £22m
Massachusetts law enforcement officers are searching for the leaders of a Russian-led internet spamming gang, after their operation was shut down and fined £22m this week. Continue Reading
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October 14, 2005
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Oct'05
Adobe cleared to take over Macromedia
The US Department of Justice has cleared Adobe Systems' proposed £2bn acquisition of Macromedia. Continue Reading
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October 14, 2005
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Oct'05
Larry Ellison launches storage company in Europe
This week’s Storage Expo exhibition in London saw the launch of Larry Ellison’s new storage company, Pillar Data Systems, which is offering users a single product for controlling both NAS and SAN data storage systems. Continue Reading
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October 14, 2005
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Oct'05
BT plans 8mbps broadband nationwide
BT is planning to quadruple basic broadband connectivity speeds to 8mbps nationwide. Continue Reading
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October 14, 2005
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Oct'05
Samsung pays £170m fine for memory price-fixing
Samsung is the latest company to admit fixing memory product prices in the US market and has agreed to pay a £170m fine as part of an ongoing antitrust case against other companies. Continue Reading
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October 14, 2005
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Oct'05
Veritas patches latest back-up security flaw
Veritas has patched a security flaw in its Java authentication service running on the firm’s NetBackup products. Continue Reading
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October 14, 2005
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Oct'05
Open source MySQL version 5 expected next month
Version 5 of the open source MySQL database is expected to be released next month. Continue Reading
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October 14, 2005
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Oct'05
Networking skills shortage threat
UK employers will face a shortfall in IT professionals with advanced networking skills within three years, analyst firm IDC has warned. Continue Reading
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October 14, 2005
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Oct'05
Alfresco to launch open source ECM system
London-based software company Alfresco is about to release an open source enterprise content management (ECM) system to help organisations keep track of their electronic data. Continue Reading
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October 14, 2005
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Oct'05
Oasis focuses on web services app integration
Standards body Oasis, the Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, has announced an initiative to define a set of protocols that will standardise the integration of applications in service oriented architectures. Continue Reading
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October 14, 2005
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Oct'05
Ericsson and Nokia promote new mobile frequency band
Ericsson and Nokia are promoting the use of a new digital mobile frequency band to make sure operators can reach all mobile users. Continue Reading
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October 14, 2005
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Oct'05
Citrix launches 64-bit Presentation Server
Citrix has made available the first 64-bit version of its application virtualisation system, Citrix Presentation Server 4.0, which is expected to make application performance and network file transfers significantly speedier than the 32-bit version. Continue Reading